'Scarecrow' definitions:

Definition of 'scarecrow'

From: WordNet
noun
An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds [syn: scarecrow, straw man, strawman, bird- scarer, scarer]

Definition of 'Scarecrow'

From: GCIDE
  • Scarecrow \Scare"crow`\, n.
  • 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. [1913 Webster]
  • A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A person clad in rags and tatters. [1913 Webster]
  • No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The black tern. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]